upsplash

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noun

An upward splash; material splashed upwards.

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Meanings

nounupsplash (countable and uncountable, plural upsplashes)

plural upsplashes

  1. countableuncountableAn upward splash; material splashed upwards.

    It half disintegrated on the way, crust and filling slapping against the train like an upsplash of mud.

    2009, Glen David Gold, Sunnyside
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    The mist was like backwards rain, upsplash from the falls, and it pelted us so hard I thought I'd lose my balance.

    2016, Melanie Mah, The Sweetest One

    […] as she plummets back her hair falls slower, splayed like water's upsplash, buoyed on the air, but then pulled down with her […]

    2021, Peter Leggatt, Doll, page 199
verbupsplash (third-person singular simple present upsplashes, present participle upsplashing, simple past and past participle upsplashed)

present singular third person upsplashes · participle present upsplashing · participle past upsplashed · past upsplashed

  1. To splash upward.

Origin

From up- + splash.

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Cite this entry
APA

upsplash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upsplash

MLA

“upsplash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upsplash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upsplash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upsplash.

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